He who fears not, is to be feared.

alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time!

There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery, but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable one of a few years gone by, is no more remembered than if centuries had closed over it.

Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!